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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 19, 1973
Place of Birth
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Also Known As
- Chelah Horsdale
Chelah Horsdal
0.8 Popularity
Biography
Chelah Horsdal is a Canadian actress. She is known for her regular roles in the television series Hell on Wheels, When Calls the Heart, and The Man in the High Castle, recurring roles on Stargate SG-1, Level Up, Arrow, and Star Trek: Discovery, and for her roles in the films Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem and Rise of the Planet of the Apes. Horsdal was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. She says she "was born to hippie parents while surrounded by friends and family on the 'farm' Headacres." She is the daughter of mother Lindsay and folksinger father Valdy. She grew up with her mother in Kitsilano and attended Bayview Elementary followed by Lord Byng Secondary. She began modelling in locally shot TV shows and commercials at 18, and then lived in the Caribbean for a year. Horsdal began her acting career in 2002. She has since appeared in more than 75 commercials as well as in films and on television. She has played lead and supporting roles on Hell on Wheels, The Man In the High Castle, When Calls the Heart, Candiland, Patterson's Wager, Three Weeks, Three Kids, On Strike For Christmas, Marley & Me: The Puppy Years, and Lifetime's The Client List. She had lead roles in Lying To Be Perfect and Mrs. Miracle. Additional credits include leads on the feature Burning Mussolini, Nickelodeon's Gym Teacher: The Movie, co-starring Christopher Meloni and Amy Sedaris, Flirting with Forty with Heather Locklear and the FOX TV pilot The Virgin of Akron, Ohio. Supporting leads include Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem for 20th Century Fox and Possession alongside Sarah Michelle Gellar, as well as Elegy with Ben Kingsley and Penélope Cruz and Rise of the Planet of the Apes with John Lithgow and James Franco. Her performances in the short films Dark Room (2006) and The Hostage (2010) both earned Leo nominations for Best Performance. Recurring roles include Battlestar Galactica, Exes & Ohs, The L Word, Stargate: SG1, Saved, DaVinci's Inquest, Whistler, Blackstone, Clue and Cartoon Network's Level Up. The Hostage, for which Horsdal was nominated for Best Actress at the 2011 Leos, co-starred and was produced by Tahmoh Penikett and Aleks Paunovic. Horsdal was nominated for four more Leo Awards for her guest starring turn on Arctic Air (2013), for Hell on Wheels and When Calls the Heart, and for Patterson's Wager.
Known For
Credits
Prom Pact
as Mrs. Lansing
2023
7.3
Firefly Lane
as Margie
2021
7.8
Spontaneous
as Denise
2020
6.8
Noelle
as Shelley Sussman
2019
6.6
Ash
as Gail Hurst
2019
1.0
Last Stand to Nowhere
as Wylona Earp
2019
0.0
Boundaries
as Therapist
2018
5.6
The Good Doctor
as Tessa
2017
8.5
Star Trek: Discovery
as UFP President Laira Rillak
2017
7.0
The Show
as Elliot's Mom
2017
5.7
Pretty Little Addict
as Donna Phillips
2016
6.0
Candiland
as Tess/The Queen
2016
5.4
Even Lambs Have Teeth
as Abby
2015
5.7
UnREAL
as Louise
2015
6.7
The Returned
as Kris
2015
6.7
🎬
Patterson's Wager
as Audrey
2015
6.0
Gord's Brother
as Amanda
2015
7.0
The Man in the High Castle
as Helen Smith
2015
7.5
When Calls the Heart: The Dance
as Cat Montgomery
2014
0.0
When Calls the Heart: A Telling Silence
as Cat Montgomery
2014
0.0
If I Stay
as Liddy
2014
7.4
Clue: A Movie Mystery Adventure
as Headmistress Kroger
2014
6.9
The 100
as Dr. Simone Lightbourne
2014
7.9
The Grim Sleeper
as Livi Vazquez
2014
4.9
When Calls the Heart
as Cat Montgomery
2014
8.2
Sole Custody
as Ann
2014
8.0
Hunting Season
as Nancy
2013
5.7
Midnight Stallion
as Rita Shephard
2013
4.9
Kill for Me
as Maria Klein
2013
5.7
Motive
as Deana Mitchell
2013
6.4
It's Christmas, Carol!
as Tanya
2012
5.6
Emily Owens, M.D.
as Marian Kramden
2012
6.4
Arrow
as Kate Spencer
2012
6.8
The Cabin in the Woods
as Demo Girl
2012
6.6
Level Up
as Barbara
2012
2.3
Hell on Wheels
as Margaret Palmer
2011
7.6
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
as Irena - Charles' Nurse
2011
7.3
Three Weeks, Three Kids
as Mandy Norton
2011
6.2
Marley & Me: The Puppy Years
as Carol Grogan
2011
5.7
Fairly Legal
as Brooke Keller
2011
6.6
R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour
as Chris' Mom
2010
8.1
Altitude
as Mrs. Taylor
2010
4.7
The Client List
as Doreen
2010
5.9
The Tortured
as Liane Strader
2010
5.3
Lying to Be Perfect
as Nancy
2010
6.1
🎬
Betwixt
as Vanessa
2010
0.0
Life Unexpected
as Prosecutor
2010
7.7
Mrs. Miracle
as Kate Preston
2009
6.0
Helen
as Kara
2009
6.7
Possession
as Miranda
2009
5.5
Come Dance at My Wedding
as Nancy Reed
2009
6.4
Alien Trespass
as Betsy's Mother
2009
5.1
Burning Mussolini
as Cheryll Witherspoon
2009
6.4
Flirting with Forty
as Anne
2008
5.2
Passengers
as Janice
2008
6.1
Gym Teacher: The Movie
as Winnie
2008
7.1
Elegy
as Susan Reese
2008
6.3
Vice
as Woman in Elevator
2008
4.0
Past Lies
as Danielle
2008
3.0
The Guard
2008
7.7
Aliens vs Predator: Requiem
as Darcy
2007
5.2
Exes & Ohs
as Lauren Brooks
2007
4.6
Perfect Child
as Jen
2007
5.3
Crossroads - A Story of Forgiveness
as Cindy
2007
6.7
Ashes Fall
as Joanna
2007
0.0
A Decent Proposal
as Cynthia Lewis
2007
2.0
Fallen
as Lori Corbett
2006
6.9
Eureka
as Mary-Beth Curtis
2006
7.8
Psych
as Beth
2006
7.9
Whistler
2006
0.0
X-Men: The Last Stand
as Minivan Mother
2006
6.4
Hollow Man II
as Blind Secretary
2006
4.9
The Evidence
2006
8.5
The Pink Panther
as Security Guard
2006
5.8
Dreams in the Witch House
as Frances Elwood
2005
6.5
Masters of Horror
as Frances Elwood
2005
7.2
Criminal Minds
as Heather Woodland
2005
8.3
Supernatural
as Cute Librarian
2005
8.3
Supernatural
as Bobby's Mother
2005
8.3
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
as Asst. DA #3
2005
6.6
Reunion
2005
6.7
Robson Arms
2005
4.8
Pursued
as Sharon
2004
5.1
Battlestar Galactica
as Didi Cassidy
2004
8.2
Stargate Atlantis
as Erran
2004
8.0
The 4400
as Jeanine
2004
7.2
Paycheck
as Young Mother
2003
6.2
Tru Calling
as Admissions Officer
2003
7.3
The Dead Zone
as Janet Miller
2002
7.2
Smallville
as Dr. McCann
2001
8.2
Andromeda
as Misabo Ahm
2000
7.1
Stargate SG-1
as Lt. Catherine Womack
1997
8.3
Stargate SG-1
as Lt. Womack
1997
8.3
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Cindy
1951
8.6